Particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in residences in Antwerp, Belgium

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1182-1192

  Stranger, M ^a,b   Potgieter Vermaak, S S ^c   Van Grieken, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gaseous pollutants; Indoor air quality; Personal exposure; PM10; PM1; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FLOW OF GASES; FOG; GAS STOVES; HOUSES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLLUTION; SILICON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURVEYS; ZINC;

GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PERSONAL EXPOSURE; PM10; PM1; PM2.5;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SULFATE; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; GASES; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57149098964     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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